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Lake Rotoiti (Kerr Bay) walks
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 12–19 °C (54–66 °F)
- J19°9°110
- F18°9°86
- M16°7°99
- A13°5°107
- M10°2°108
- J6°0°131
- J6°-1°112
- A7°0°116
- S10°2°127
- O12°4°151
- N15°6°123
- D17°8°140
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Explore Kerr Bay on Lake Rotoiti on these short walks and experience the outcomes of the Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 6.3 km · 3.9 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Easy (3/10) (Easiest, Easy · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- Various up to 1 hr 30 min
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/900b723c01a745c6b4700a76587
- Mountain range
- Saint Arnaud Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 43 km E of Murchison (Tasman District) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Nelson Lakes National Park
- Connects to
- Lake Rotoiti Circuit (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Tasman
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -41.8086, 172.8524
How it’s scored
Easy (3/10). Official rating: Easiest, Easy · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0).
A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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